Cigar-lighting appliance.



L T 3 n m d3 63 m2 m a P F. H. LEWIS. CIGAR LIGHTING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1913.

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Patented Aug 5,1913.

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CIGAR-LIGHTING arrLmncn.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Batented Aug. 5,1913.

Be it known that I,-I RANK H. Lnwls, a, citizen of the United States, residing at} Hillsboro, county of Montgomery, and State of Illinois, have invented'certarin new and vuseful Improvements in Cigar-Lighting Appliances, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part; hereof. I i

This invention relates to certain new and E useful improvements in appliances 'part'ieular'ly -ada ted for lighting cigars, cigarettes, and the li (e, the objects-of my invention 138- j ing to provide a lighting appliance for the purposes stated comprising a suitable spar'ki ng alley or meta-l, an ignitible o'lementorw-ic-k in proximity thereto, and a movable scratc'hing-member or element adapted to be frictionally drawn over, and thereby spark, the

P duced falling upon and igniting-the ignitible elementcr wick; to provide a light-in appliance of the kind stated of safe, reliable, and comparatively simple construction; to provide a 'lighting appliance of the kind stated in which 'the wick or igriit-ible element may he quickly and easily ignited and afterward automatically extinguished; to provide a lighting appliance of the "kind stated in which the ignitible element or wick is normally covered and protected from the surrounding atmosphere and oxidation thereof, and also evaporation of its combustible fuel, prevented or retarded; to provide a lighting appliance of the kind stated in which there is an economical .use of the sparking-alloy or metal, waste thereof being rove generally upon lighting appliances 0 the kind described.

Wi h these and other objects in view, my invention resides in certain novel, features of'construction, arrangement and combination of parts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of my new cigar 'li hting' appliance; Fig. 2 is a side elevationa view of the same, partly in section; Fig. 3'is an enlarged bottom plan view of the sparkingmetal scratching element, showing also a portion of its holder or carrier; Fig. 4 is I a detailsectional View of the scratching element on approximately line 4-4, Fig. 3;

5 is a rear end view of the scratching element; Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view,

somewhat enlarged, on approximately line.

(5 6, Fig. 2; ig; 7 is an enlarged plan view of my new cigar lighting appliance, showing the scratching element and its associapte pants in outermost position, the I scratching element having frictionally -passedover or scratched the spark-producing-a'lloy .or metal to ignite the ignitible element or wick; Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan view of my new cigar lighting apparatus, showing the scratching element and its associate parts as when returning to normal or closed position; and Fig. '9 is an enlarged side -e'levartional view of my new cigar lighting apparatua-similairly showing the scratchingelement-and its associate parts as when returning to normal or closed position.

In the said drawings, A indicates the body-pontion oi my new lighting appliance,

which is preferably of any suitable metallic material and com-prises a base portion 1 adapted-to rest upon and, if desired, to be fixed to, any suitable supporting surface, and an upstanding preferably tubular casing or shell 2 open and somewhat obliquely cut away forwardly at its upper end and in which is normally contained ,a suitable quantity 0% any suitable combustible fluid or liquid hydro-carbon, such as-gasolene, benzin, alcohol, or the like, and a suitable ignitible element, or wick, such as absorbent cotton vor the like .3, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. At its upper end, as shown particularly in Figs. 2' and 9, shell or casing 2 is suitably provided with a somewhat obliquely downwardly and outwardly extending sparking metal casing or holder 4 adapt ed to :receive and s'lidably support a renewable stick or piece of .any suitable sparkproducing alley .or metal "5. Threaded into holder or casing 4 at its lower end, is an adjusting screw '6 adapted to slidably adjust or push metal stick 5 in holder 4 to project its upper end outwardly thereof and in proximity to wick or cotton '3.

"Pivoted, as by. means of a rivet, bolt, or the like 7 upon an cared-collar or the like 8 suitably fixed upon shell 2 preferably midwayits length, as shown ,in Figs. 2 and 9, is a double lever 9 comprising a preferably obliquely rearwardly extending arm oropwardly inclined at its forward end and besuitably secured thereto; As shown particuin Fig. 2, plate 12 being centra and, at a point, as at 19, lying approxigated sparking-metal scratching member or appearing. Preferably member 20 is also to ride upon, the upper face'of plate 12.

armf ll adjacent the upper end thereof, is a forwardly disposed .or projecting member or plate 12 pre erably enlarged and downing'adapted, when in normal position, to flatw-ise extend over and close the open upper end of shell 2, as shown articularly ll 'y provided at its forward end with a cut-out portion or recess, as at 13, adapted to'receive the projecting end of metal-stick 5 when in such normal position. Loosely fitting 'upon the upper end of lever arm 11 above plate 12 and suitably secured thereon, as by means of a threaded nut or the like 14, is a collar 15. Formed preferably of a single strip or piece of spring wire doubled or looped midway its ends around, and soldered or otherwise suitably fixed to, collar 15, is a memher or carrier 16 having its end portions presented forwardly and forminga pair of cooperatingarms l7 and 18.

mally some distance forwardly beyond holder 4 and its supported metal stick 5 mately immediately above metal stick 5 when arms 17 and 18 are in normal position, are bent to provide obliquely downwardly-dis-' E losed end portions 17 and 18, respectively. ngaged preferably at its sides and carried by said arm portionsl7 and 18', is an elonelement 20 preferably of steel or other hard metal and provided transversely on its'under face with a seriesof file or saw teeth or serrations'21. At its forward end, this member 20 is cut away to provide a cam surface or face, as at 22, for purposes hereinafter cut-away at its sides to provide longitudinal grooves or recesses to receive the projecting ends 17 and .18 of said carrier arms 17 and 18, which at their immediate forward ends maybe bent inwardly to oppositely fit into a suitable transverse opening or groove 23 provided in member 20 or be otherwiselarly in Fig. 2, member 20 is of such length and is soc-arried by .arms 17 and 18 that, when in normal position, its rear end is approximately just above and in contact with the upper face of the lprojectlng .end of metal-stick 5. Between sald point of bending 19 and lever arm 11, carrier arms 17 and 18 are gradually bent downwardly, as at 24 to contact with, and as hereinafter appearlng,

Fixed'to, and upon the up er face of, plate 12, as at 25, is a forward y projectlngspring member 26 adapted at 1ts forward end to bearor press outwardly against a '18, is a small stop or abutment 28 adapted; I

wardly depressed Arms 17 and 18 are of such a length as to extend norrier 16 being therebyv sidewise moved the -ticu ing to its normal position,'plate 12 will also small lug or the like 27 fixed on arm 18. Also fixed-to and upon theupper face of, plate 12 and lying to the outer side of arm to limit the pivotal movement of carrier 16 under the resiliency of spring 26.

Fixed, as at 29, to' shell 2 is a downwardly pre'esented leaf or other suitable spring mem r 30 adapted at its lower end to engage] with lever 9 to resiliently hold the sameandj its carried parts in normal position, or' 'inf the position thereof as shown by full lines in Fig. 2.

In operation, on lever-handle 10 being for:

against the resiliency of, so

sprm 30, lever arm 11 will be moved rear ward y, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, carrying therewith plate 12 and thereby ex posing ignitible element or cotton 3. In this movement of lever arm 11, scratcher 20 .will also, be rearwardly moved and flatwise drawn obliquely across, with its teeth 21 in frictional engagement with, the projecting end of s a-rking-stick 5, thereby producing a multip icity of sparks in quick succession, which, falling upon ignitible element "or cotton 3, ignite the same. Lever .9 is then manually held in such outermost position with" cotton 3 so ignited for use, such as cigar lighting or other purpose. On lever handle '10 being released, lever arm 11 will, under the resiliency of spring 30, return to normal position. In returning to such normal po sition, however, cam face 22 of scratcher 20 will engage with and ride upon the projecting end of sparking-metal ,5, as shown ,particularly in Fig. 8, scratcher 20 and its caragainst the resiliency of sprlng 26 and teeth 21 of scratcher 20 thus prevented from frictionally engaging with and wasting sparkingmetal 5 on the returnin movement of soratcher20 to normal position. After camface'22 has passed out'of engagement with the end of sparking-metal v5, scratcher 20 and its earlier 16.will, under the'pressure of spring 26, be returned to normal position, or to the position thereof shown in Fig. .1, with carrier-arm 18 resting against limiting-sto or abutment 28 and the rear end or: rtion of scratcher 20 directly over' pro ecting endof stick 5, as shown para-rl y in Fig. 2. On lever arm 11 retu'rn-' now slidably moved forwardly over the open end of shell 2 and thereby automatically extinguish the flame of ignitible element 7 or cotton 3, the projecting end of: sparking-metal 5, on the engagement there-' with of the'rear wall of recess 13,l limiting theforward-movement of lever 9 and its carried parts. It will be obvious that sparking-metal 5- may be readlly and quickly renewed whenever occasion s ould require, and that, when plate 12 is in normal. posltion 139 1,069,621 I is closing the open upper end of shell 2, ig nitible element 3 will be protected thereby and oxidation thereof and evaporation of the combustible fluid in shell 2 prevented or retarded.

I am aware that minor changes in the constrnction, arrangement," and combination of the several parts of my new lighting appliance may be made'and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a lighting appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end thereof projecting in proximity to said ignitible element, a lever pivoted on said shell, and a scratcher carried by said lever and adapted, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be fiatwise drawn over the projecting end of said spark-producing element to ignite said ignitible element and, on said lever being returned to normal position, to be moved by the projecting end of said s1)ark-producing element out of operative sparking-engagement therewith; substantially as described.

2. In a lighting appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end thereof projecting in proximity to said ignitible element, a lever pivoted on said shell, a

V scratcher-carrier pivoted on said lever, and

a scratcher carried by said carrier, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting end of said smrk-producing element to ignite said ignitible element and, on said lever being returned to normal position, to be pivotally moved by the projecting end of said spark-producing element out of operative sparking-engagement therewith; substantially as described.

3. In a lighting appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end thereof projecting in proximity to said ignitible ele- ,!nont, a. lever pivoted on said shell, a

scratcher-carrier pivoted on said lever, and a scratcher having a cam-surface at its forward end carried .by said carrier, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting end of said spark-producing element to ignite said ignitible element and the cam-surface thereof being adapted, on said lever being returned to normal position, to engage with and ride upon the projecting end of said spark-producing element to pivotally move said scratcher out of operative sparking-engagement therewith substantially as described.

4. In a lighting'appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end thereof projecting in proximity to said ignitible element, a lever pivoted on said shell, a platemember fixed on said lever, a scratcher-carrier pivoted on said lever above said platemember, ascratcher having a cam-surface at its forward end carried by said carrier, and a spring on said plate-member and engaging with said carrier to resiliently hold the same and its carried scratcher in normal position, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting endof said spark-producing element to ignite said ignitible element and the cam-surface thereof being adapted, on said lever being returned to normal position, to engage with and ride upon the projecting end. of said spark-producing element to pivotally move said scratcher against the pressure of said spring out of operative sparking-engagement therewith; substantially as described.

5. In a lighting appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end thereof projecting in proximity to said ignitible element, a lever pivoted on said shell, a spring fixed on said shell and engaging with said lever to resiliently hold the same in normal position, a plate-member fixed on said lever, a scratcher-carrier pivoted on said lever above said plate-member, a scratcher having a cam-surface at its forward end carried by said carrier, and a spring on said plate-member and engaging with said carrier to resiliently hold the same and its carried scratcher in normal position, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being depressed out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting end of said spark-producing element to ignite said ignitible element and the cam-surface thereof being adapted, on said lever being returned by said first spring to normal position, to engage with and ride upon the projecting end of said spark-producing element to pivotally move said scratcher against the pressure of said second lever to resiliently hold the same in normal position, a plate-member fixed on said lever,

a scratcher-carrier pivoted on said lever above saidplate-member, a scratcher hav ing a cam surface at its forward end carried by said carrier, a springon said platemember and engaging vwith said carrier to resiliently hold the same and its carried scratcher in normal position, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being depressed out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting end of said sparkrproducing ele ment to ignite said ignitible element and the cam-surface thereof being adapted, on said lever being returned by said first spring to normal position, to engage with and ride upon the projecting end of said spark-pro-- ducing element to pivotally move said.

scratcher against the pressure of said sec- 0nd spring out of operative sparking-engagement therewith, and an abutment on said plate adapted to limit the returning movement of said carrier and its carried scratcher to normal position under the pressure ofsaid second spring; substantially as described.

7. In a lighting appliance, a shell open at one end, an ignitible element in the open end of said shell, a lever pivoted on said end of said shell, a lever pivoted on said shell, a plate-member carried by said lever and provided with a recess at its forward] end, said plate-member being ada ted to normally "close the open end of said shell and cover said ignitible element therein and, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be moved therewith to expose said ignitible element for ignition, and a spark-producing element supported on said shell-and adapted to fit in and engage with said recess to limit the returning movement of said lever and its carried plate; substantially as described.

9. In a lighting appliance, a shell, a lever pivoted on said shell, a spring-pressed scratcher pivotally carried by said lever and provided with a-cam-surface at its forward end, and a spark-producing element supported on said shell with. an end-projecting [above the upper end thereof, said scratcher being adapted, on said lever being operated out of normal position, to be drawn overthe 'projectin .end' of said spark-producing elescribed. '10. In a lighting appliance, a shell, a lever pivoted on said shell, a plate-member carried by said lever, a scratcher carrier pivoted on said lever above said. plate-member, a scratcher carried by said carrier and provided with a cam-surface at its forward end, a spark-producing element supported on said shell with an end projecting above the upper end thereof, said scratcher being adapted, on saidlever being operated out of normal position, to be drawn over the projecting end of said spark-producing element and the projecting'end of said sparkproducing element being adapted, on said lever being returned to normal position, to engage with said cam-surface to pivotally move said scratcher out of; spark-producing v engagement therewith, and a spring-memher on said plate-member resiliently engaging with said carrier to hold the same and its carried scratcher in normal position; substantially. as described.

11. In a lighting appliance, a shell, a lever pivoted on said shell and extending longitudinally thereof, and a scratcher projecting .from said lever over one end of said shell, said scratcher being pivotally carried by said lever and being laterally movable relatively thereto; substantially as described.

12. Ina light-in" appliance, a shell, a lever ivoted on'sald fjshell, a plate member carried by said-lever, and a scratcher pivotally carried by said leverabove said platemember, said scratcher being sidewise' movable on said plate-member relatively to said lever; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed'my name to this specification, inuthe presence of two subscribing witnesses."

' FRANK LEWIS.

Witnesses:

W. R. Porrnn, L. G. TYLER. 

